Xiangyunloong

DV-1317 · type species Xiangyunloong fengming

Lived: 201 to 175 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: China
Named by: Hu et al. 2026

Field notes

About Xiangyunloong

Xiangyunloong was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 175 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xiangyunloong, from China. Its fossils come from the Fengjiahe Formation. It was named by Hu et al. in 2026.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Massopoda.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. Hu, Y. Wang, and X. Mo, X. Zhang, W. Zeng, T. Wang, Z. Sun, Q. Dong, Q. Guan, Y. Liu, Y. Zhang, Y. Bing, Y. Wang, H. You. 2026. A new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation of Dali of Yunnan Province, China. Royal Society Open Science 13(3):252219